Closure



PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904.

E. E. CHAPMAN.

CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5. 1902. RENEWED SEPT. 4, 1903.

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Patented January 12, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J EARLE E. CHAPMAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARDBOTTLE CLOSURE COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFOR- NIA, A CORPORATION OFCALIFORNIA.

CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,423, dated January12, 1904. Application filed August 5, 1902. Renewed September 4, 1903.Serial No. 171,928. (No model.)

closure which will not be expensive in con:

struction and which will be efficient for the purpose designed.

Another object of the invention is to produce a closure constructed tobe secured in position by being forced upon the vessel and to be removedtherefrom by being rotated thereon, so as to break off portions of theclosure without injuring the vessel.

It is also an object of the invention to provide an engaging deviceconstructed to be removably secured in connection with the neck of thevessel, so as to be renewed when injured by the opening of the vessel.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists,essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,substantially as more fully described in the following specification,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisapplication, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of aportion of a vesselto which one form of the invention is shown asapplied. Fig. 2 is a similar view before the closure is inserted. Fig. 3is a bottom plan view of the cap or cover. Fig. 4 is a sectional view ofthe cap or cover. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the neck of the 4 vessel.Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified construction. Fig. 7 isa sectional view of the vessel-neck before the cap or cover is inserted.Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional and plan views, respectively, of a modifiedform of the cap or cover shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. Fig. 10 is atop plan View of the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 before the capor cover 1s inserted.

Fig. 11 is a sectional Referring to the drawings, and particularly toFigs. 1 to 5 thereof, the reference character 1 designates a portion ofa vessel, any form of construction whereof may be used, as it will beunderstood that this invention is in no manner limited to use with apredetermined kind of vessel. Upon the exterior of the neck of thevessel are guide-lugs 2, while the interior thereof is constructed withan annular channel or recess 3 for the reception of the ears orextensions 1 of the retaining-ring 5, carrying internal spring-fingersor engaging projections 6, preferably constructed so that the weakestpart thereof is at the point of connection with said ring or band 5 inorder that the fingers may be readily broken off by the rotation of thecap or cover thereon, as will be readily understood. A cap or cover 7may be provided with an annular flange 8, terminating in aninwardly-directing annular rim 9, notched or recessed at 10 to pass overthe guide-lugs 2 upon the exterior of the vessel-neck when the cap orcover is forced thereupon. Depending from the central interior portionof the cap or cover is a stud or projection 11, terminating inan'enlargement or head 12, carrying lugs or shoulders 13, constructed toengage and break off the fingers or projections 6 upon the engaging ringor device when the cap or cover is rotated upon the neck of the vessel.If found desirable in practice, a plug or stopper 13 may be forced intothe vessel beneath the engaging ring 5, substantially as shown in Fig. 1of the drawings.

The operation of the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 issubstantially as follows, to wit: The stopper 13 is introduced into thevessel after the same has been filled, and the engaging ring 5 is thenforced within the neck of the vessel until the extensions 4: engage theannular recess or the separate recesses 3 in the vessel-neck, whereuponthe cap or cover 7 is forced down upon the neck of the vessel, and theexpansible and breakable fingers or projections 6 pass above and engagethe head 12 and are broken off against the shoulders 13 upon the head 12by the rotation of the latter, as will be readily understood, whereuponthe cap or cover will be further rotated until the guide-lugs 2 coincidewith the notches in the rim 9 of the cap or cover, when the latter canbe withdrawn and the broken fingers removed, together with the ring 5,after which the plug or stopper can be taken out in the usual manner.

In Figs. 6 to 10 there is illustrated a substantially similarconstruction with the exception that the engaging ring or device 14 issecured upon the outside of the neck 1 of the vessel and is providedwith expansible and breakable fingers 6, which are engaged and brokenoff by the lugs 15 upon the interior of the flange 8 of the cap or cover7, Fig. 8, the latter being forced down thereover untilthe rim 9 passesbeneath the fingers or projections 6, Fig. 6, whereupon the cap or covercannot be removed except by being rotated until the lugs 15 engage andbreak off the fingers or projections 6, substantially as beforeexplained.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 6 to 10 of the drawings astopper or plug 16 is preferably employed to close the orifice of thevessel and to form a tight connection between the latter and theclosure.

Figs. 11 to 15, inclusive, illustrate the vessel 1 having the neckthereof constructed with an annular recess 17 and with notches 18,communicating therewith, and upon the interior of the vessel arepreferably formed extensions or ribs 19 to prevent the introduction ofthe cork or stopper into the neck of the vessel. An engaging ring orband 20 is constructed to be secured within the annular recess orchannel 17 upon the outside of the vessel-neck, as shown in Fig. 11, andsaid band is preferably provided with lateral extensions 21, terminatingin breakable depending fingers or projections 6, Figs. 11, 1 1, and 15of the drawings.-

A cap or cover 7 is preferably provided with a depending annular flange8, terminating in an inturned rim 9, constructed to be forced down uponand to inclose the upper portion of a neck of a vessel, Fig. 11, and thecap or cover 7 is preferably provided with a depending centralprojection 11, carrying a head 12, having lugs or ribs 13 to engage andbreak off the breakable fingers or projections 6 upon the band 20, whenthe cap or cover 7 is twisted or rotated upon the neck of the vessel,substantially as before explained. If found desirable in practice, adisk or packing or cork 22 may be placed upon the orifice of thevessel-neck, and the head 12 of the cap or cover 7 may be forced downthereupon to constitute a tight connection between the parts.

In Figs. 16 to 18, inclusive, the reference character 1 designates theneck of the vessel provided with guiding lugs or projections 2 upon theoutside thereof, and with internal ribs 19 to prevent the introductionof the stopper. A cap or cover 7 may be provided with a flange 8, havingthe extremity thereof deflected laterally to form a rim 9, which may becut away to form notches or recesses 10 to receive the guiding-lugs 2upon the vesselneck; and a ring of cork or packing 23 may be securedbeneath the cap or cover to form a tight connection between the same andthe neck of the vessel. The cap or cover 7 may be provided with adepending projection 24, cut away intermediately, as at 25, so as tobreak at that point, and a head 12 may be formed on or connected withsaid projection and may be provided with ribs 13 to engage the dependingfingers or projections 26 upon an engaging band or collar 27, secured inan internal recess 28 in the vessel-neck, substarr tially as shown inFig. 16 of the drawings. In this construction the operation issubstantially similar to that before described in connection with thepreceding figures, except that in this instance the proj cation 24. isbrokenv oif instead of the fingers on the ring or band.

I claim 1. The combination with a vessel provided with a neck havingengaging portions remor ably connected therewith of a closure havingribs or lugs to engage said portions when forced therebelow, saidclosure being constructed to be removed by rotation upon the neck of thevessel to sever a portion of the engaging parts.

2. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engagingring or band in said recess and a closure constructed to be forced belowsaid band to close the vesseland to be rotated thereover to open thevessel by severing a portion of the engaging parts.

3. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engagingring or band in said recess having breakable engaging fingers and a capor cover constructed to be forced below the latter to close the vesseland to be rotated to break off said fingers.

4. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engagingring or band in said recess, a cap or cover constructed to be forcedbelow said band to close the vessel and 30 be rotated thereupon'to openthe vessel by severing a portion of the engaging parts and ribs orextensions upon the vessel to prevent the introduction of the stopper.

5. The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engagingring or band in duction'of a stopper.

7 The combination with a vessel having a recessed neck, an engaging bandin said recess having breakable projections, a cap or cover having adepending projection carrying a head having ribs to engage and break offsaid projections when the cap or cover is rotated on the neck of thevessel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EARLE E. CHAPMAV. Witnesses:

G. W. HOLLISTER, L. B. ALDERETE.

